[0:00] Mayor, would you like to proceed?
>> Yes, please.
[0:05] » Good evening. This is the meeting of the
Bureau of Violence Mayor Council regular
[0:08] meeting on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026.
The notice requirements provided for in
[0:13] the open public public meeting have been
satisfied. Notice that this meeting was
[0:17] publicly given by transmission to the
Asbury Park Press and the Tune River
[0:21] Times by posting at the Burough
Highlands Municipal Building and website
[0:24] and final on January 1st, 2026. Items
agenda are subject to change. Please
[0:31] stand for the pledge of allegiance.
[0:35] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:40] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:46] justice for all.
I'll now do the
[0:52] » here
[clears throat]
[0:55] » mayor
>> here. Thank you. First we have a
[0:59] proclamation for international overdose
[laughter] awareness day.
[1:07] » Okay. [clears throat]
Whereas on behalf of the Burough
[1:10] Highlands, we wish to extend our sincere
condolences over those who have passed
[1:15] from opioid addiction and acknowledge
that a deep grief of the families and
[1:20] friends that were left behind.
Whereas August 31st is recognized
[1:25] globally as International Overdose
Awareness Day. And whereas in Mammoth
[1:30] County, New Jersey, local public health
tracking reports 89 fatalities from o op
[1:37] op opiot overdose and 214 reported
non-fatal opiot overdoses reflecting
[1:44] ongoing impacts.
Whereas we understand that addiction is
[1:49] a chronic disease and that judgmental
language and actions prevents people
[1:55] from seeking lifesaving help. And
whereas through the good works of the
[2:00] Highlands and Atlantic Highlands
municipal Alliance to provide opioid
[2:04] reversal medications like Maxalone,
I'm probably pronouncing that wrong, but
[2:11] that's fine. And uh train the public on
overdose response signs. And whereas we
[2:18] affirm that long-term recovery recovery
is possible and celebrate local health
[2:24] workers, peers, and supportive networks.
And now therefore, be it resolved that
[2:29] the mayor and council of the Burough of
Highlands do hereby declare August 31
[2:34] International Drug Awareness Day. We
urge residents to join public awareness
[2:40] events, wear purple, and learn how to
recognize and respond to an overdose and
[2:45] we are committed to supporting
evidence-based prevention and harm
[2:50] reduction programs. Um, if you had
wondered why the purple flags are
[2:54] outside the municipal building, it is
all part of this um, international
[2:59] awareness project.
>> Thank you.
[3:06] Next, we have approval of minutes July
15th, 2026 meeting minutes.
[3:11] » I'll second.
>> Yes.
[3:15] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[3:17] » Chelsea,
>> yes.
[3:18] » Mayor Bill,
>> yes.
[3:20] » Thank you. Motion approve carries to
approve July 15, 2026 meeting minutes
[3:24] next July 15th, [clears throat] 2026
executive session minutes.
[3:29] » I will offer
[3:32] » Cant.
Yes.
[3:36] » Yes.
>> Yes. Mayor,
[3:38] » yes.
>> Thank you. Motion carries to approve
[3:41] July 15, 2026 executive session minutes.
Next we have resolution R26163
[3:48] authorizing emergency contract with
middle tree service for the removal of a
[3:52] tree located on 218 South Avenue.
>> Um this tree removal was from um that
[4:00] freak lightning storm we had about a
week ago um at that location 218 Lynen A
[4:07] where the tree was in the road. So we
had to get it removed. So, we had to do
[4:10] an emergency uh in order to get that
tree taken care of.
[4:17] And with that, do I have a motion?
>> I'll offer second.
[4:21] » Council member,
>> yes.
[4:24] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[4:25] » Councily,
>> yes.
[4:26] » Mayor,
>> yes.
[4:28] » Thank you. Motion carries to adopt
resolution R 263.
[4:34] Next we have R 26
um 164 appointing Steven Winters to
[4:41] serve as parl administrator effective
October 1st 2026.
[4:47] Um as Mr. Michello is leaving us on
September 30th. We have, we the council
[4:53] have uh decided to bring Steve Winters,
our construction official in um to no
[5:00] longer be the part-time construction
official, but to also serve as the
[5:04] burough administrator. Um and we are
happy to welcome him tonight and I would
[5:10] gladly offer this resolution.
I'll second.
[5:15] » Council member,
>> yes. Council,
[5:18] » yes. Council me,
>> yes. Council passes.
[5:20] » Yes.
>> Mayor Brun.
[5:22] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Motion carries to adopt
[5:24] resolution R26164.
>> Next we have consent agenda. May I would
[5:30] like to read the resolution to the
title?
[5:32] » Yes, please. R 26165
approving the bylaws of the Newman
[5:38] Municipal Joint Insurance Fund R26166
authorizing the award of a non-fpair and
[5:44] open contract to Kier's engineering and
design for professional engineering
[5:48] services in connection with park
improvements at Nut Harbor Park and
[5:53] Rings Park. R 26167
authorizing the execution of
[5:57] municipality agreement with Ocean First
Bank NA for the performance of trans
[6:02] fact of banking transactions. R 26168
awarding the bare and open contract for
[6:07] the safe use for all action all safety
action plan project. R 26169 approving
[6:14] PPA local number 48 snapper derby
fishing on borrow property. R26170
[6:22] acknowledging receipt and review of the
land use port consistency report for
[6:25] ordinance 02620.
R26171
[6:29] amending cash management plan to
designate men's fun bank as an official
[6:34] depository of the boral highlands.
R26172
[6:38] authorizing the boral highs to execute
an educational alliance participant
[6:42] agreement with Grand Canyon University.
R 26173 authorizing the refund of cancel
[6:48] summer camp trip fees. R 26174
authorizing payment bills. R 26175
[6:55] authorizing temporary street closures. R
26176
[6:59] authorizing the cancellation of sale
dated outstanding checks. R 26177
[7:05] change order park and park including
>> Are there any questions on the consent
[7:13] agenda? I have two quick ones. Sure.
>> One is the are the tennis courts part of
[7:18] the picture because I started tennis
court.
[7:20] » Tennis. Yeah. The basketball and tennis
courts
[7:24] » and and not the same company.
>> No, we're not the same company. We're
[7:27] going through the the co-op.
>> Okay, good. And my second question is is
[7:32] the movement of the the bank the bank.
>> It's all better interest rates.
[7:36] » Okay, that makes sense.
>> Say to someone
[7:40] Pat, he's very good at that. Okay.
>> Yeah.
[7:44] » I have a quick question about the uh the
cancellation of outstanding checks.
[7:48] Those are checks that were issued and
never attached.
[7:51] » Correct.
>> It was quite a list too.
[7:55] » It was quite a list. Absolutely. Um and
just also for anybody's edification that
[7:59] the um the agreement with Grand Canyon
University is um we the bureau uh all
[8:06] and its employees will get 10% off all
of the regular um costs of
[8:14] um taking courses.
>> Nice.
[8:16] » So that's a good um and the street
closures for the American Legion for
[8:21] their um towers uh tunnel to towers
event. So, we're going to close that
[8:26] back of South Second Street just for
safety sake. Leo will be there um
[8:32] providing food so it'll keep Leo safe.
So, that's what that's all about.
[8:37] » All right.
[8:42] » Yep. And that uh that had to we needed
to add to that because um over at Frank
[8:50] Hall Park um I'm sure Walt will remember
that used to be the old waterworks. So
[8:54] what they did is they just covered
everything with earth and then made it
[8:59] into the park. And then so when we were
making improvements to the park, we
[9:06] found a ton of just debris buried um in
the earth. So, we had to have the
[9:13] contractors
uh properly dispose of everything that
[9:17] they dug up.
>> So, do I have a motion?
[9:22] » Just one last question regarding 172
with Grand Canyon. So, definitely
[9:27] awesome. 10% off is fantastic. What are
they getting?
[9:31] » They're getting our name on their list
of um of municipalities that participate
[9:38] in this uh program.
Okay. No, no, no advertising,
[9:43] » no
thing if you want. That's awesome.
[9:47] » Where are they? Are they out in
>> out west?
[9:49] » Yes, they are.
>> And they've got a great basketball team.
[9:51] They've just gone up to division one.
[9:58] » Do I have a motion?
>> Yeah, I'll
[10:02] second it.
>> Yes.
[10:05] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[10:08] » Yes. Mayor,
>> yes. Thank you. Motion carries to adopt
[10:11] resolutions R26165
through R2617.
[10:16] Next, we have public hearing on proposed
ordinance 02617
[10:20] ordinance providing for various capital
improvements and acquisition of various
[10:24] capital equipment appropriating
2,513,635.
[10:30] Therefore, it authorizes the issuance of
1,920,129
[10:36] bonds and notes to finance a portion of
cost thereof authorized in and by the
[10:40] islands in the county futures.
Do we have any questions regarding this
[10:46] bond ordinance?
[10:50] If not, I will open it to the public.
Does anyone have any questions regarding
[10:54] the ordinance?
No. Okay. Um just to run through what
[11:01] what we're bonding for. It's for um
uh Grand Tour improvements from South
[11:09] Peak Highland to uh Twin Light Terrace.
Uh we are going to get cameras for our
[11:16] parks because there's been some
vandalism going on. Uh there's going to
[11:22] be a small police shed.
Uh as approved at the last council
[11:27] meeting, there is a storm water
watershed plan.
[11:32] We are also looking to make improvements
at Kouchon Field.
[11:36] Um the what we just approved for the um
for the courts is uh improvements at
[11:43] both vets I should say all three vets
and the community center improvements.
[11:49] uh the purchase of property next door
and uh a fire department pumper truck
[11:56] that we've been putting money into a
fund to get them a new truck because
[12:00] it's uh the current truck is very old.
So we're making that upgrades.
[12:06] So
I will make this offer.
[12:12] » I'll close in public portion and I will
make the offer. Second council
[12:17] » Johnson.
>> Yes. Council.
[12:19] » Yes.
>> Yes. Council president.
[12:21] » Yes.
>> Mayor.
[12:23] » Yes.
>> Motion carries. O2617
[12:26] pass on second and final reading. Next
we have O2618 designating the parking in
[12:32] front of occupied by persons with
disabilities.
[12:38] » I'll second. Well, hang on. Hang on. Is
there any is are any comments for this
[12:43] designation of a handicap spot?
>> Usually one of our tougher things.
[12:49] » Yes, exactly. Um, okay. Then I'll close
the public hearing.
[12:55] » You offered.
>> Second.
[12:57] » Don seconded.
>> Council member.
[13:00] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[13:02] » Yes. Council.
>> Yes.
[13:04] » Mayor.
>> Yes.
[13:05] » Motion carries. 02618 pass on second of
final reading. Next we have 02619
[13:11] removing restricted parking space in
front of residence previously requested
[13:15] by a person with disabilities.
>> In this manner um the the resident uh
[13:21] that had this restricted space u does no
longer drives so she got rid of her car
[13:28] so she no longer needs the restricted
spot. Um are there any questions from
[13:32] the public? [snorts]
Then I'll close the public hearing and
[13:37] offer this ordinance.
>> I'll second member.
[13:42] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[13:44] » Yes. Councily,
>> yes.
[13:45] » Mayor,
>> yes.
[13:47] » Motion carries. O2619 pass on second and
final reading. Next we have O 2620
[13:53] ordinance of the borrows in the county
of Mammoth, New Jersey amending the
[13:57] amended central business district.
Um for this one uh this is uh we made
[14:08] very minor um changes wording changes
where uh such as the ground floor and
[14:14] the first floor were made um
the distinction was made because of FEMA
[14:21] standards
when you have an elevated floor they
[14:25] call it the first floor but it's not the
floor that's on the actual ground
[14:29] because you don't measure from the
ground or when you're in the flood
[14:32] plane, you measure from the design flood
elevation. Um so it's just a bunch of
[14:38] semantics um that we had and the land
use board um
[14:45] has said that is substantially
consistent with the comprehensive goals,
[14:50] land use goals and economic development
goals as set forth in the master plan um
[14:55] and is designed to effectuate such plan
elements for the reasons expressed on
[15:00] the record by the board and its
professionals and both um the land use
[15:05] board attorney and the land use board
planner have reviewed the ordinance and
[15:10] found that it is um I hate the double
negative but they said that it is not
[15:17] substantially inconsistent which means
it is consistent with the master plan um
[15:22] but semantics but that's what it's all
about. Does anyone have any questions
[15:26] regarding um this ordinance?
Seeing none, I will close the public
[15:31] portion
[15:35] and I will offer this.
>> I'll say
[15:40] yes.
>> Yes.
[15:42] » Yes.
>> Mayor,
[15:45] » yes.
>> Motion carries. 02620 pass on second and
[15:49] final reading. Next we have introduction
proposed ordinance 02621
[15:53] authorizing purchase of property located
at 179 Avenue and known as block 37 L.
[16:04] This is the aforementioned property next
door um that we are looking to relocate
[16:09] our first aid squad out of the flood
zone and put them up here next to the
[16:13] municipal building. Um there's also uh
some room on the property that we are
[16:18] looking to put in a uh some sort of a
structure hasn't been decided as of yet
[16:24] where we can house DPW vehicles so that
they're number one out of the flood zone
[16:29] and number two in a building and not
left outside in the salt air which will
[16:34] make our all of those vehicles uh more
viable because they won't be in the salt
[16:41] air getting corroded.
Um, so I will make that offer.
[16:46] » You got it.
>> Council President, you should.
[16:50] » You gave it away. I'll take it.
>> Okay.
[16:54] So, seconded by Oshvski.
>> And who first? Who?
[16:59] » That was me. I did.
>> Okay. Thank you. Council member.
[17:03] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[17:05] » Yes. Council.
>> Yes.
[17:06] » Mayor Blu.
>> Yes.
[17:08] » Thank you. Motion carries to pass 02621
with first meeting. on first reading for
[17:13] the public hearings be held on September
16, 2026. Next, we have mayor's report.
[17:19] » Yes. Um okay. So the burough updates for
the month of July
[17:25] [clears throat] for emergency services
we had um the number of incidents first
[17:30] aid squad 29, fire 23, police 899.
>> Uh code enforcement we had nine summons,
[17:40] 19 warnings.
19 reports, 25 inspections, 18 permits,
[17:46] and six OPRA requests.
Building department had 42 inspections
[17:53] where 36 passed, one failed, four not
ready. Uh 14 construction permits and 11
[18:00] zoning permits.
Uh for regionalization with Sebrite, I I
[18:06] we have no more legal issues. Sebrite is
uh supposed to be working with the HH RS
[18:12] board uh to be included in our schools.
Is there any timeline on that at all?
[18:19] » No, it's it just depends on getting them
together and talking and figuring out a
[18:24] formula and all those other good things.
>> Okay. Um for the land use board on July
[18:31] 9th uh we had a resolution that was
approved for done at 26 seed drift with
[18:37] restrictions
um seed street application the third
[18:41] hearing it has here is carried to a
further date but that date is September
[18:46] 30th so if you're interested in finding
out what's going on with sea streak and
[18:52] their site plan evaluation that's going
to be September 30th over at the high
[18:56] school in the capito Victorian
um
[19:01] Satalon, they are still um going through
their environmental and geotechnical
[19:07] studies before any construction starts.
[19:12] Captain Cooves is no update. Bay Avenue,
we have a couple of meetings with the D
[19:19] um for Bay Avenue and for DCA as well,
the Department of Community Affairs. um
[19:27] just to fine-tune some state uh statutes
that were passed and how it will affect
[19:33] um that redevelopment area.
Uh current projects, Overlook Park, that
[19:40] was largely completed uh by the 4th of
this month. We're just looking for some
[19:45] um lowprofile solar lights that face
down um to be on those um those really
[19:52] nice archways.
Uh but we should be uh scheduling a
[19:58] ribbon cutting for that very soon. For
Frank Hall Park, it's been um it has
[20:05] been a lot especially after we found the
waterworks was still intact. Um but
[20:11] still we are hoping to have that largely
completed uh before Labor Day.
[20:19] And for South Peak which uh I spoke
about earlier,
[20:24] South Peak Gran tour um the design is
ongoing.
[20:30] Uh there has been no update for grants.
Um not yet. We have a we had a flurry of
[20:39] grant submissions in July and then we
don't hear back from various state and
[20:44] county people until November. So, in
November, we'll have updates there.
[20:50] Um,
I put this out on the 1st or the 2nd, so
[20:55] there's things that have already passed,
but
[21:00] after today, things to look forward to
are
[21:03] August 26th, which is 7th grade
orientation. That's at the high school
[21:08] from 10 to 2:00 p.m. and 8:29 the as I
mentioned earlier the American Legion is
[21:15] doing a fundraiser for Tunnel to Towers
and that's going to be from 300 p.m.
[21:20] till 11:00. And then on August 30th, the
PBA will be doing a snapper derby
[21:27] snapper derby at Marine Place. And
that'll be from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
[21:32] So, it's been about 10 years since we've
had a snapper derby and so it's finally
[21:37] back. Okay.
>> And we're very The BBA was happy to to
[21:40] put it on and we were happy to see them
do it.
[21:43] » Wonderful.
>> And that is my report for the month.
[21:51] Does anyone else have anything they want
to address before we go to public
[21:56] portion? No.
Okay, then we're at public portion.
[22:01] » Public portion. Individuals wishing to
address the council shall be recognized
[22:05] by the presiding officer and subject
them in name, address, and the group of
[22:09] any they represent. Although the council
encourages public participation, it
[22:13] reserves the right through presiding
officer to terminate remarks to and or
[22:16] by any individual not in keeping with
the conduct of a proper efficient. Any
[22:21] individual refuses to conduct themselves
in the proper manner, they will be
[22:25] removed from the meeting. The council
will not during the public portion of
[22:28] the meeting discuss matters involving
employment, appointments, termination of
[22:32] employment, terminations, terms and
conditions of employment, evaluations of
[22:37] performance of promotion or discipline
of any specific or prospective or
[22:40] current employee. There's a threeminut
time limit.
[22:46] I think what you said and I was supposed
to say my name and address. Walt Gunther
[22:50] from Two Marine Place in Highlands,
summer resident. Um,
[22:56] and we have uh two of us here from or
three of us here uh from our
[23:02] neighborhood. And we've had an issue
related to the boat rides that are being
[23:07] run out of uh I'm going to call it
Captain's Cove or the old Highlands boat
[23:12] basin in July and August. And and you
had a copy of this earlier. July and
[23:17] August, a boat docked in Captain's Cove
Marina has been selling boat rides to
[23:22] take groups of people out uh tubing out
in the bay which is fine. Uh but the
[23:29] problem is it's created a nuisance a
bunch of nuisance issues in the
[23:32] residential neighborhood which is right
adjacent to and surrounds the boat
[23:37] basin. The boats is is an approximately
22t donsy a speedboat. Uh customers and
[23:43] the issues come about because of this.
The customers arrive by vehicle for a
[23:47] three-hour uh afternoon cruise. Uh the
groups are usually 20 to 30 young
[23:53] people, young teenage boys uh with one
or two adults, not a whole lot of
[23:57] supervision. Uh they usually split them
into two groups and they take uh 12 or
[24:02] 15 out at a time while the other group
stays back and does whatever it wants to
[24:08] do on the shore area. The issues are
one, they they're changing in public.
[24:14] They come uh in street clothes, but then
they've got to get into a bathing suit
[24:19] and there's no facilities for that. Uh
since there's no changing area, they've
[24:23] been going all along the boat the uh the
um walkway with the benches and changing
[24:30] right in front of all the houses that
are that are sitting right there. Uh
[24:34] they're also wandering onto the private
property. So the group that isn't out on
[24:38] the boat, they've got nothing to do for
a couple hours and they're wandering
[24:42] around properties. I think every one of
the properties around has had issues. Uh
[24:46] I've heard from the police that they
they get called out to, hey, somebody's
[24:51] in my backyard and they're changing and
they're uh I'll get to the urinating in
[24:56] public in a minute. Uh and they ignore
the no trespassing signs which are
[25:00] clear. And I'm going to offer you a a
number of pictures. This passenger is
[25:07] only one. Um that that's the four bus
that many of them
[25:13] » in one set which
>> which could be a problem. You all know
[25:17] better than I do but uh could be a
problem. They just paved Washington and
[25:23] when you see the size of that bus that's
a that's an interstate highway bus. Uh
[25:29] I'm not sure that's great for the new
but you all you all know that. I'm no
[25:32] expert on that. Um
uh when we when I've yelled at them,
[25:38] hey, don't you know, don't go in the
yards, don't go, you know, in the
[25:42] properties, uh they say, "Oh, nobody
lives here." That's their answer. Um and
[25:47] then urinating in public since there is
no uh u toilet facility, although one
[25:54] showed up 3 days ago.
Time was up.
[25:59] » Is it finished?
>> Okay. If you'll give me a couple more,
[26:02] please continue.
>> Uh several groups have uh I'm sorry, the
[26:06] um they go in the yards. Uh they go
along the bulkhead. The last picture
[26:11] there maybe isn't the clearest uh but
that's and I didn't want to get a
[26:15] clearer picture of of them using the
bulkhead corner uh to take a peek. Um
[26:22] most of the the as far as the vehicles,
most of them come in transit. I'm going
[26:26] to call it a transit van. I think you
know what that is. Sort of a half size
[26:30] » bus, but several have come in. I'm going
to call them interstate highway tour
[26:34] buses. 50 passengers. And there's a very
good picture there of
[26:39] » parked right in front almost of your
house carrier.
[26:42] » Oh, they blocked our driveway.
>> And um and I understand that may be a
[26:47] problem, but I'm no expert. You you all
know better. Um, and then there are
[26:52] things that don't really relate to the
residents, and that's safety and
[26:55] licensing, and is are the boats
inspected, uh, life preservers,
[26:59] occupancy, all that kind of stuff.
That's something for the Coast Guard to
[27:03] deal with, and that's probably an
outside the service of this room. So,
[27:06] what what we'd like is that the boat
owner should be held responsible.
[27:11] Someone should, I believe, the town
should speak to them and just, hey,
[27:16] prevent your customers from becoming a
nuisance. provide a toilet facility for
[27:21] them. They need supervising adults
responsible for customer uh behavior,
[27:26] preventing changing in public, so
they're not out on the on the bulkhead
[27:30] doing that. Trespassing in the
neighborhood, private property,
[27:34] littering, and if it's a if it is an
actual issue, which you all know better
[27:39] than I do, uh enforce the vehicle size
issues. So, that's that's our that's my
[27:46] issue.
Well, can I answer of what we've been
[27:50] doing um on on this side is that uh
we've told the operator that he needs a
[27:56] mercantile license from the burrow which
includes a full criminal background
[28:01] check fingerprinting and that's done by
the police department. Uh we've told him
[28:05] he needs a charter license. He needs
charter insurance because they're
[28:09] different than just a regular boating
license. Like he has his captain's
[28:13] license, but he needs to get the charter
license. needs to get the that in that
[28:19] specific charter insurance. Um we made
the property owner at Cove uh
[28:26] uh pay for the Porter John so that there
is privacy and no more of these um
[28:32] sanitary issues. I will put it. Um
[28:38] and uh I from what I understand the uh
Coast Guard did um stop them on a on a
[28:46] couple of days ago. I want to say it was
>> Marine State Police.
[28:50] » Yeah, Marine State Police. And then the
Coast Guard came out as well because the
[28:54] Marine State Police alerted the Coast
Guard. the Coast Guard came down uh to
[28:58] the marina with Chief Burton and um let
the gentleman know that all of these
[29:06] things need to get complied with ASAP.
Um and then they also I'm sure that
[29:11] you've realized that how they posted the
signs at the bulkhead from the from the
[29:16] Coast Guard.
>> It's on the railing. You seen that sign?
[29:19] Yeah. Um, so and we are going to be
cracking down on not just that marina
[29:25] but all of the marinas where people are
offering these rides but they don't have
[29:31] the insurance.
I shouldn't say that we are not when you
[29:36] have a mercantile license you have to
fill out all of this paperwork get your
[29:39] criminal background check and then you
also have to provide proof of insurance.
[29:44] So, because some of these operators are
not regulated because they don't have a
[29:49] mercantile license, but some do, um, we
just have to make sure that all of them
[29:53] are compliant.
[29:57] » Thank you very much. And I will put in a
plug that walkway along both sides of
[30:01] the meeting place is the best thing that
happened to the year.
[30:05] » It's beautiful. Yeah, it'll be great for
the snapper derby.
[30:09] » Carol, can I Yeah, go ahead. Sure. Go
ahead.
[30:12] » Go ahead. Just yes just just so that the
clerk can get a good reading for the
[30:16] minutes.
>> So
[30:18] » I just need your name.
>> Your name and address.
[30:22] » Um they're breaking four laws. They're
lettering.
[30:27] They're trespassing.
What's the other two? They're changing
[30:31] in public.
And uh they're urinating. All of those
[30:35] are laws that you can confirm in this
looked at. Um
[30:42] would it be that other people just come
they come and visit our town and they're
[30:45] dis you know disgracing us? Um why
couldn't they change in the bus that
[30:51] wall gave you the picture? Urinade in
the bus respect our town and pick up the
[30:58] stuff and we got five beautiful garbage
cans on that new wall. And that's all I
[31:03] have to say.
>> Thank you.
[31:06] » And they're trying to get in my yard.
It's okay. They're pushing them towards
[31:10] us, but they see them on the
>> Have you called the police?
[31:14] » We didn't realize what was going on. Now
we will.
[31:16] » Okay. Well, I'm just saying when you
call the police, I'm not trying to push
[31:20] any responsibility on to anybody else,
but when you call the police, they make
[31:24] record of it and they have their body
cam on and then then there's a record
[31:29] and then we can actually Yes, please.
Um, and then we once we have a record,
[31:33] that's evidence that we can use in the
future.
[31:39] Thank you.
>> Thank you. Yeah, this is the end.
[31:44] » My name is Gerard Scorano. I live at 1C.
Uh first of all, I want to uh thank the
[31:51] the whole town council and everybody
here for the great job that you did at
[31:56] uh the walkway. It came out beautiful.
It's another tribute to everything that
[32:00] you guys do. And thanks again. And like
Walt said, it's one of the nicest things
[32:06] that been done in a long time that we
appreciate. But u just to go over some
[32:12] of the stuff that's happening, you heard
Walter explain all the issues, but uh
[32:18] our issue
specifically my property on the end. And
[32:24] when this first came forward at the
meeting, uh, before you even got the
[32:30] grant, uh, I said, "If you raise the
elevation of that sidewalk, I'm going to
[32:35] have an issue with people jumping over a
wall going on my property."
[32:39] » Now, it's been an issue. I haven't
recorded it and I haven't called the
[32:46] police, but people come down there and
jump over on my property all the time.
[32:53] Not only did they jump on my property as
a signing, it says private doc, no
[32:59] trespass. And if you can't read that, I
don't know what's wrong with you. And
[33:04] what bothers me even more than that is
they get up and they walk on that wall.
[33:08] That wall is 15 in wide and they walk up
and down the thing. If they fall on my
[33:15] side and get hurt, I'm the one that's
responsible for it. they fall on your
[33:19] side, the town's going to be paying a
big lawsuit that's going on. There's no
[33:24] way we should allow any children, any
grownup, anybody to get on top of that
[33:30] wall and be walking up and down on it.
That's a danger to them. But that's
[33:36] another issue that someone has to look
into the the really the aesthetics of
[33:42] it. It's beautiful. Why put something up
on it to stop people, you know? It's uh
[33:48] but that's my issue with the what's
going on. And again, if we can stop the
[33:55] nuisance that that's going on with the
uh with the business that it's a legal
[34:01] business that they have down there. Hey,
everybody's entitled to have their own
[34:05] business and do their thing, but just do
it the right way.
[34:09] » Absolutely. And and I would ask you
again, you know, as [clears throat] I
[34:13] did with your wife, please call the
police because the more evidence that we
[34:18] can gather when these people are doing
these illegal things or potentially
[34:24] harmful things, um we don't want you to
get sued. We don't want to get sued. And
[34:29] they're being
they're not acting in a manner that is
[34:34] consistent with common sense.
>> Do you think we could get a sign that
[34:38] says no? I want to destroy a vehicle
area
[34:42] no walking on the wall.
>> We can
[34:47] » No, I wouldn't have a problem with that.
>> Walking on the wall.
[34:52] » I've seen Yeah, I have seen not your own
of course you know where our house is,
[34:56] but uh Yeah, and they're usually
younger. They're fishing. I don't know
[35:00] why.
[35:04] » Right. Right.
>> Oh, yeah. Well, they were, you know, on
[35:06] the the uh what used to be the uh what
was it called? The cafe.
[35:11] » Yeah.
>> Uh and Pini had just put those boards
[35:14] there. The kids were going there and
jumping into the into the river off of
[35:18] there. Even after he put, you know, no
trespassing, stay away and these big
[35:22] boards, they were still climbing over
it. And this past week, they cleaned all
[35:25] that up, which is good.
>> I d way past my time. But yeah, there
[35:29] used to be ladders on the back side of
that wall.
[35:32] » Okay. Was there Walter tell you there
used to be ladders down there. Someone
[35:37] falls off that wall into the water. They
got to go to one end or the other
[35:43] » to get back. Sure.
>> But that's another issue.
[35:48] » All right. We will explore signage
though. Definitely.
[35:50] » Can I just add ahead?
>> Thank you, sir.
[35:54] » Let me close public portion.
>> Oh, okay.
[35:56] » And then
>> I actually would like to say this as a
[35:59] public person. [laughter]
Go ahead. What is it?
[36:07] » Do you have a portion? Yeah.
>> Oh. Oh, okay.
[36:09] » It's all you.
>> Um, you said the three of you, but the
[36:13] four there's four of us here tonight
that that this has become a terrible
[36:17] issue. Uh, as far as the uh the charter
boat that he's been running, to be a
[36:23] charter boat captain, you have to have a
charter boat license. And you cannot
[36:27] take more than six people on a boat if
you, you know, don't have a charter boat
[36:32] license. Now, we know we've seen the
worst part was, and this is just last
[36:37] week, seeing children, little children,
two, three years old, without any life
[36:42] preservers on, the boats overcrowded,
and then of course that terrible
[36:46] incident that happened off the Statue of
Liberty with a young mother and her
[36:51] five-month old baby. I mean, who would
take a baby on a boat?
[36:54] In any case, u [clears throat] so we're
with you. We have interacted, my husband
[36:59] and I interacted a lot with those people
when I saw this little girl urinating,
[37:05] you know, right on the street and
whoever was in charge there look saw me.
[37:11] I'm on my deck and he's like, you know,
what am I supposed to do? And I and he
[37:16] said, you know, what what what can we
do? She's little. She has to go take her
[37:21] to a public facility.
Oh. Oh. You know, I I said I'm going to
[37:25] report it anyway, which I did. We've had
issues where they've parked in our
[37:29] driveway and arguing with us. They were
like 3 feet in our driveway. Oh, no. You
[37:34] can still get around, you know. And then
of course the changing in public.
[37:39] » Has the Porter John changed any of this?
>> Uh yeah. Well, the a lot has changed
[37:46] since the Coast Guard went there because
I have noticed that he has only taken
[37:50] out small families, three, four, five
people and that's it. And the week
[37:56] before, every single day of the week,
they, you know, like you said, those big
[38:01] black vans, buses, whatever they are,
and these young men coming out changing,
[38:06] and I yelled at them a bunch of times.
So it you know I am very happy that this
[38:11] is coming down to a conclusion and I
will keep certainly to keep an eye on
[38:16] him to make sure that uh those laws
aren't broken anymore. But that sign I
[38:21] mean those are the fines for what he's
been doing are astronomical. So I think
[38:26] you might have gotten the message. I
hope so. Anyway, I'm glad you guys came
[38:30] to to talk about it. So
>> does anyone have anything else they'd
[38:35] like to add? [clears throat]
>> Nope. Would you like to make a motion to
[38:39] adjourn? All right. Would you want us to
make a motion to adjourn?
[38:42] » I will second it. All in favor?
>> I meeting a [laughter] 10:39.
[38:47] » Okay. kids today.